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Clarence B Jones, Judith Chalmers, Dr Anna Ritchie, Professor Frank Land

Matthew Bannister on lawyer Clarence B Jones, broadcaster Judith Chalmers, archaeologist Dr Anna Ritchie and computer pioneer Professor Frank Land.

Matthew Bannister on

Clarence B Jones the American lawyer and civil rights campaigner who helped Martin Luther King to write his famous I Have A Dream speech.

Judith Chalmers, the TV and radio presenter best known for her globetrotting holiday series Wish You Were Here.

Dr Anna Ritchie, the archaeologist who excavated some of Orkney’s most revealing ancient sites.

And Frank Land, one of the prime movers in the development of the world’s first business computer - at the Lyons catering company.

Interviewee: Mark Durden Smith
Interviewee: Matt Ritchie
Interviewee: Georgina Ferry

Producer: Catherine Powell
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Josie Hardy
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Archive used:
Martin Luther King March on Washington, SOUND ARCHIVE Reference: 28322, 28/08/1963;
91¸£ÀûÉç News special, 91¸£ÀûÉç News, 28/08/2020;
Wish you were Here…? Thames TV, ITV, 10/01/1978. From YouTube upload ThamesTv, 8/08/2020;
Wish you were there, 91¸£ÀûÉç Archive, 28/03/1966;
Tracks of My Years, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 2, 28/09/2017;
Smillie’s People: Judith Chalmers, 91¸£ÀûÉç 1, 20/01/1997;
Pebble Mill, 91¸£ÀûÉç 1, 14/05/1993;
Gardeners’ Question Time: Matt Biggs’ House, 91¸£ÀûÉç Radio 4, 27/08/2023;
The House the Picts Built, 91¸£ÀûÉç, 28/08/1974;
Around Scotland: The Scots, 91¸£ÀûÉç1 Scotland, 10/03/1977;
Around Scotland: Early History: The First People, 17/09/1979;
LEO celebration Part 2 - Panel Discussion with Frank Land, Georgina Ferry, Martin Campbell-Kelly, Centre for Computing History and the LEO Computers Society (partnership project), 18/05/2023;
91¸£ÀûÉç Oral History Collection - Interview with Judith Chalmers, John Escolme History of the 91¸£ÀûÉç, 26/03/1982;

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